NCJ Number
14180
Editor(s)
S SHOHAM
Date Published
1973
Length
247 pages
Annotation
ANTHOLOGY OF RESEARCH STUDIES COVERING PROBLEMS OF IMMIGRANT SOCIAL ADAPTATION, INTERPERSONAL MECHANISMS OF VIOLENCE, JUVENILE DELINQUENCY CAUSES AND REHABILITATION, DRUG USE, OFFENDER PERSONALITY, AND THE IMAGE OF POLICE.
Abstract
ONE STUDY DESIGNED A TEST FOR GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL ADAPTATION OF NON-WESTERN IMMIGRANTS TO ISRAELI SOCIETY. ANOTHER STUDY INTERPRETED VIOLENCE AND ASSAULTS ON OFFICIALS DISPENSING PUBLIC SERVICES AS DELIBERATE EFFORTS BY CLIENTS TO OBTAIN PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT. ANOTHER STUDY EXPLORED THE SITUATIONAL ASPECTS OF VIOLENCE AND EXPLAINED VIOLENT ACTS IN TERMS OF AN ESCALATING SERIES OF STIMULUS-RESPONSE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN TWO PERSONS. AN EXPLORATORY SURVEY ANALYZED THE CAUSES OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY IN ISRAEL DEVELOPMENT TOWNS WHICH ARE COMMUNITIES ESTABLISHED AFTER 1948 FOR IMMIGRANTS IN UNDEVELOPED PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. ANOTHER STUDY EXAMINED HOW THE NEW IMMIGRANT TO ISRAEL ACHIEVES ACCEPTABLE SOCIAL STATUS THROUGH THE STABILIZED SOCIAL GROUP OF THE CLASSROOM. TO DETERMINE PERSONALITY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PROPERTY AND VIOLENT OFFENDERS AND BETWEEN FIRST-TIME OFFENDERS AND RECIDIVISTS THE OMNIBUS CALIFORNIA PSYCHOLOGICA INVENTORY WAS ADMINISTERED TO 54 CRIMINALS. OTHER RESEARCH STUDIES THE USE OF DRUGS AMONG ISRAEL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. IN A STUDY OF ATTITUDES OF THE ISRAEL JEWISH POPULATION TOWARDS THE POLICE, 1900 INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED IN THE FOUR LARGEST CITIES IN THE COUNTRY. ANOTHER STUDY ANALYZED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF REHABILITATION IN GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS FOR JUVENILE DELINQUENCY FOR THE YEARS 1959-1960. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)